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Missouri Counties
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Missouri Counties
Missouri has 114 counties and one independent city. St. Louis City is separate from St. Louis
County and is referred to as a "city not within a county." |
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Boone County, Missouri
Boone County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Columbia
Year Organized: 1820
Square Miles: 685
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Court House: 801 East Walnut
County Government Center
Columbia, MO 65201-0000
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named for Daniel Boone
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History of Boone County
Boone County was organized from Howard County, November 16, 1820, and named in honor of Daniel Boone, the pioneer and
Indian fighter. It is not known who conceived the title of "Boone," but it is probable that its selection was influenced
by the event of Daniel Boone's death September 26, 1820. The members of the legislature were wearing badges of mourning
in respect to his memory. "Under such circumstances it is but a natural supposition that there should have been a
prevalent sentiment to establish some lasting monument in honor of a man whose career had been so illustrious and whose
name had been so closely linked with the early fortunes of Missouri." (HIST. BOONE COUNTY, p. 152; Beck, p. 227; Barns,
p. 179; Conrad, v. I, p. 323; Eaton, v. 10, p. 211)
Source: Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928.
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Ashland |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Centralia |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Columbia
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Hallsville |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Harrisburg |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Hartsburg |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- McBaine |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Pierpont |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Prathersville |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Rocheport |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Sturgeon |
city |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
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